emphasizing the government's special view on the development and development of iran's islands, mr. mokhbar said: the country's islands are a wealth and a great capacity for the development of tourism, the exploitation of the coasts and the development of the sea-based economy. in this meeting with the presence of some ministers and officials was held and opinions were discussed and discussed about the development, progress and development of the country's islands. the call to build the country's first solar town with a capacity of 15 megawatts in qazvin province has been welcomed by investors, according to the deputy minister of energy, this town will be built in the next 6 months to a year . industrial estates, investors welcomed the call of the first settlement of khurshid. in shal ghazvin region of the country, the entire capacity was filled by 31 respectable applicants. this solar town with an area of ​​100 hectares production capacity. the understanding we had with the satba group and the ministry of energy is that it will follow the discussions related to the connection to its

mr. island drone to tax. remember on all that they are among them is funds on the last year. if everyone she's been here for 4 years and serves as a kind of role model for new young female fights has 19 year old, rosy, not only left iran a few months ago. the bloody demonstrations in the fall of 2022 left. a deep impression on her. she still has the footage on her side of the i the side the not the oh ok. so we took this photo during a visit to the cemetery of the martyrs, yahoo! easily so hopefully man could, will that go home, demolished a discount on how many of the people pictures here were all tortured during the geno revolution? uh, i mean, uh of course a lot. no focus on the car and i lost many friends at the rallies in the curtis region, severe on the co with them not to make it when the best one of my best friends fell as a murder of the last of them. at the time i was afraid that they would arrest and torture me and the kids to steal and have those beside them can hear me because of my gender. and my belief is does what sort of the bill of things have come home. so

that's the truth would be catastrophic island to mr. foster. father large cities like phone industrial plants and refineries. the rhineland chemical belt, cologne with mold and a 1000000 people. how can the region possibly protect itself from such a natural disaster? the federal academy for civil protection and disaster assistance. b, a b k in the valley generates scenarios for such disasters. professor klaus right you to is researching possible consequences of a fresher option of the lake lock volcano. so wasn't able to own, so i they gave them the sale, it would be a very high interruption column design of the app which would be closed off immediately because a landing simply would the possible good. then you'd have to see how far and how quickly the rushing cloud spreads, depending on the wind direction to move into the league of class. and then we'd have to consider whether vice was still usable with a critical infrastructure like trains and the power grid still worked. countries certain vehicles may be able to drive on the free ways to evacuate people, but then things would get di

mr. hosseini, this is the international news. we are at your service. you and your esteemed guests, a program in the international field is also scheduled to be held today in hormozgan province on the island of kish. in this context, i will discuss with our journalist colleague, mr. mehdi hoshiar, so that they can tell us about the tofan al-akhsa conference, which is scheduled to be held in kish. hello mr. hoshiar, good morning dear colleague, i have a greeting and a good morning to you and all the viewers of the khabar network . yes, as you mentioned, kish island is hosting an important conference with the focus of the developments in gaza. and sardar soleimani is the special emphasis of this conference on the unconditional cessation of barbaric attacks on the people of gaza, as well as the investigation of the zionist regime's crimes in this region . allah ayatollah akhtari, head of the support committee the islamic revolution of the palestinian people, as well as hojjat al-islam wal-muslimeen amroudi, the cultural adviser to the minister of affairs. foreigners will speak in it. in the round table section, which is the section where the main and special international guests are present,

, the mainland and the island signed up to the fact that there is one policy, that there is one china. in general, this principle of theirs came out of what you also mentioned, mr. mykola, that each from the mainland and the island, their power at one time considered itself one, and chaikangshi hoped one day to return to the mainland, defeat the communist party, well, he believed that the republic of china would then... restore its influence on the mainland, and the communists believed that they will do exactly this with taiwan, that is, the form of unification was so-so, but when in 1992 it became clear that either war or some kind of understanding, this document was signed, but it is twofold, er, on its part, china , who was stronger, he realized that so, if we are one china, we are one nation, then we will unite according to our principle. you admit it, for its part , the kuomintang party says, well, no, not quite like that , we are one china, of course we want a dialogue with you, well, in principle, we do not quite agree that we are... one china under your rule, and here is this ambivalence, it is a document , let's put it this way, about nothing, but it w

mr. raisi for 20 years, we have been looking for the revival of this island. sir, they must know, but for some reason , it was delayed or something went wrong , it could not be done. thank you very much. let's all pray for raisi, mr. raisi, who , god willing, will give them success and be able to work day and night. a major challenge of our province could be the drying up of gorgan bay. it created salt dust , and based on the scenario without dredging , it was predicted that in 1403, the water would reach the minimum possible, and in 1404, the bay would dry up completely. the entire work of 1 million 420 thousand cubic meters was done by mr. dr. lairobi, a type of dredging that was not possible only with a dredging. the 9-kilometer ashurade channel is part of the most important water transfer route. caspian sea to garganeh bay. now, with the reclamation and reopening of this channel, the obstacles leading to the commercial and recreational docks have been removed. light vessels can easily travel from the docks on the way to ashura island. gorgan bay, which coul

mr. chairman. >> we are so grateful to our newest member all the way from the republic of rhode island, mr.mo. >> thank you so much, mr. chairr witnesses. of course as we know the conditions in afghanistan have been brutal since the taliban tookli over in august 2021, and they have only worsened and it is a terrible note that the better situation for over 29 million afghans in need of urgent assistance persists. we must see unhindered access for all humanitarian aid workers to serve vulnerable populations. while it is essential to managing a gets to the populations, it does not address the underlying causes of afghanistan and deteriorating situation. the taliban are responsible for the deterioration of the economic and humanitarian situation. it's the responsibility for the recovery of the country and the improvement of their economy. but we must support where possible and extending upward to ensure people have their basic needs met, private sector initiatives can grow and women in power and ethics can be fostered. .. to a topic, i think mr. west, you briefly addressed. the united states mu

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr.sident, i ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time on the crews nomination be considered expired at 2:30 p.m. today and that following disposition of the crews nomination, the senate proceed to legislative session to execute the order from december 19, 2023, with respect to the veto message on s.j. resolution 32. further, that all time on the veto message be considered expired and the senate vote on passage of the joint resolution. the objection to the president to the contrary notwithstanding. and finally, that upon disposition of the veto message, the senate resume executive session to resume consideration of the mcentarfer nomination. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reed: for the information of the senate, there will be two roll call votes at 2:30 p.m. today. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, it's common knowledge that america's southern border has been in cr

island community. he will be dearly missed. until we meet again. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. ramirez, for five minutes. ms. ramirez: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today as the proud daughter of guatemalan immigrants, the wife of a dreamer, and the of illinois three, a district proud of the contributions of the migrants who call it home and a member of the humble park united methodist church. a church that is formed by immigrants, a church that has been serving the community for decades, and a church that built me. and taught me to put my faith into action. and to advocate for our shared humanity. as methodist, i would like to share a call for prayer and action from the national plan for hispanic latino ministry of the united methodist church, and the general board of church and society of the united methodist church. as we just celebrated the season epiphany, we were replienlded again -- reminded again of the story of those three wise travelers who journeyed through many la

uri president marc parlange rallying rhode islanders behind this important, income-raising initiative. [applause] i'm not sure whether he made it -- he is here. mrpresident, we are going on tour. all 39 cities and towns. thanks to rhode island college president jack warner teaming up with former congressman jim langevin, we lauhed the first state institute for cybersecurity and emerging technologies at rhode island college. [applause] tonight, we're joined by jillian costello and nygel gomes, two students who are already enrolled in the institute and on a path to a good-paying job in this emerging industry. jillian and nygel, please stand up. be rognized. [applause] thank you for being a part of te rhode island. cybersecurity a rapidly gring field with thousands of unfied positions. to have congress la ngevin leading the charge on this -- he is the best. he will bring national recognition to rhode islan college. thank you, congressman. [applause] an "information security analyst" is now ranked as one of the top five best jobs in the nation with a median salary of $112,000. we want these jobs in rhode island to help raiseer capita income. the cyb

mr. chair. >> we're excite on our newest member from the republic island. >> thank you, mr. chairman.bru over n august of 2021 and they've onlyñ worseened. it's treble to note the dire situations. we must see unhindered access for all aid workers to serve vulnerable poputi it does not address the underlying causes of afghanistan's deteriorating situation. the taliban are responsible for the responsible of the economic and humanitarian situation. it is■k■r their responsibility r the improvement of the country and their economy. but we must expand networks to ensure people have their basic needs melt a and men's efforts can be fosterrered. i doant to shift to a topic that was brieferly addressed. the united states must also be a partner in far for our efforts and this is something i saw firsthand with operations analyze welcome during my time at white house. we should welcome those who wants to be integrated to our society friend, owners who can contribute to our economy and reports highlighted how some of the refugee who's resettled in river experienced the post but also when they had

mr. chair. >> we are so grateful our newest member, all the way from the republic of rhode island. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman, and thank you to the witnesses. as we know, the conditions in afghanistan have been brutal since the taliban took over in august 2021, and they have only worsened. the dire situation for over 29 million afghans in need of assistance. we must be unhindered for all aid workers to serve vulnerable populations. while it is essential humanitarian aid gets to those populations, it does not address the underlying causes of afghanistan's deteriorating situation. the taliban are responsible for the deterioration of the economic and humanitarian situation. it is their responsibility for the recovery of the country and the improvement of their economy, but we must support, whenever possible, in expanding network to ensure people have their basic needs met. private-sector initiatives can grow, and women in power can be foster. i do want to shift note to a topic, i think mr. west, you briefly addressed. the united states must also be a partner in resettling. we did so much f

islands behind this important income raising initiative. [applause] >> is mark here? i'm not sure whether mark made it. he is here. here you go. mr. resident, we're on tour. we're all going statewide, all 39 cities and towns. thanks to rhode island college, president jack warner teaming up with former congressman, we launched the first state institute of cyber security and emerging technology at rhode island college. [applause] >> tonight, tonight we're joined by jillian costello and nigel gomes, two students who are already enrolled in the institute and on a path to a good paying job in this emerging industry. jillian and nigel, please stand up and be recognized. [applause] >> thank you for being a part of team rhode island. cyber security is a rapidly growing field with thousands of unfilled positions. to have congressman leading the charge on this, we are blessed. he's a national leader who is going to bring national recognition to rhode island college. thank you, congressman. [applause] >> an information security analyst is now ranked as one of nation with a median salary of $112,000. we want these jobs in rhode island to help

mr. clinton had meals on epstein's caribbean island where authorities said they had sex parties with youngsaid -- i mean ghislaine said the allegation was 100 percent false. and epstein at another point emailed her saying that they should discuss some issues. we don't know what they're, quote: the strongest at the clinton dinner. i have seen the flight logs. the reports of those flight logs. they do show that the former president did fly on some of epstein's planes along with four secret service agents. they went to europe and other locations in the states. but there is no evidence, i want to point that out, that the former president ever went to epstein's island and his office has long denied that you know, the island down in the caribbean where authorities said that epstein held those sex parties with underaged girls. this a lot of this all came up because the lawyers for virginia gustav infantry who you see right there they wanted clinton to testify. the former president said he had no information about any illegal activity about epstein so he never testified in ms. do you free's case.

mr. chairman. >> senator from rhode island . >> just to say that i have made considerable progress at the department of justice and will be voting yes with the expectation that progress will continue. because no one else tran05 >> mr. chairman. >> requested documents that they just arrived and we are in the process of reviewing them. i intend to vote yes, but reserve my right on the floor. >> senator cotton. >> i like to say a few words about the nomination of kris font zone to leave the office of legal counsel. i don't believe that mr. fun zone should be confirmed to this very important and sensitive job. it's often described at the department of justice's law firm , and a patient -- an opinion issued by the office of legal counsel are binding authority on the executive branch unless we pass a law or court rules the country. is not insignificant job. air it required a very, very important sense of judgment and discernment. unfortunately, i believe mr. fun zone has not shown that sense of judgment and discernment in the past. he worked in barack obama's national security council. he was well aware o

china's leaders dislike mr lai because he favours more independence for the self—governing island.in parties and their candidates. we've heard about the centre—left and us—friendly democratic progressive party or dpp, which has ruled taiwan for the last eight years. as we just mentioned, its candidate is current vice president lai ching—te — also known as william lai. there's the more conservative and beijing—friendly kuomintang, or kmt. its candidate is new taipei city mayor hou yu—ih. he's promised to boost the island's defences while restarting talks with beijing. there's also the smaller taiwan people's party, or tpp, which lies somewhere between both parties on the political spectrum. their candidate is former taipei mayor ko wen—je. joining me is our asia digital reporter tessa wong. taiwan prides itself as having a vibrant democracy and an engaged electorate. you don't have to go far to see political dialogue, debate and disagreements all play out in the media and in public forums. but that openness also means that it can be vulnerable to disinformation. joining me is our as

they are banned from travelling to the self governed island which beijing claims as its territory and has vowed to take one day. translation: mrbiggest wish is i hope the island _ translation: my biggest wish is i hope the island of _ translation: my biggest wish is i hope the island of taiwan - i hope the island of taiwan becomes return to the motherland soon. even if taiwan is taken back, i hope there will be peace negotiations. in this way there is no harm inflicted. if there is more, casualties will be huge. we want peace. casualties will be huge. we want peace-— casualties will be huge. we want eace. �* ., , ., want peace. but worries about the war barely _ want peace. but worries about the war barely register- want peace. but worries about the war barely register with i the war barely register with these seafood workers. even though they live here on the taiwan strait. they have bigger concerns. translation: i taiwan strait. they have bigger concerns. translation: i don't care whether — concerns. translation: i don't care whether it's _ concerns. translation: i don't care whether it's unified - concerns. translation: i d

island's new president. he's viewed by beijing as a dangerous separatist. although mrays he simply wants to maintain the status quo for taiwan. china's minister of foreign affairs, wang yi, had this to say. translation: taiwan's election is a regional. affair within china. no matter what the results of the election are, they cannot change the basic fact that there is only one china and taiwan is a part of it. taiwan has never been a country. it wasn't in the past, and it certainly won't be in the future. meanwhile, china has accused the us of sending "a gravely wrong signal" to those pushing for taiwan's independence. us secretary of state antony blinken congratulated president—elect william lai on saturday. that message was seen by beijing as a violation of washington's commitment to maintain only unofficial ties with taiwan. earlier i spoke to steve lai in taipei who told me more about the situation. those words of congratulations from antony blinken have been backed up with some actions as well. just yesterday a delegation of former senior officials arrived in taipe

during the show, we stated that bill gates visited the island 28 times, and quote, can't remember why. and implied this mr. gates received massages, those statements are incorrect and not found in unsealed documents we retract the statements and atal apologize to mr. gates mr.for the error. >> growing fallout, shocking my profile names are being named from a list celebrities. >> former driver who claimed that he would get paid $200 for each 16 or 17-year-old looking girl he dropped off at epstein's mansion. >> we see an e-mail between people indicating bill clinton walked into offices of "vanity fair" and threatened journalists, despite articles about his quote good friend jeffrey epstein. >> we're aware that the fbi, has video footage of comes and going from the epstein residents. >> this new batch of documents lawyers for virginiverge and ghislaine maxwell discuss pictures as possible evidence, other names unsealed include michael jackson, david copperfield, and attorney alan dershowitz. >> what were the people doing in this sorts world? >> welcome toeverry's book of names i am your host junow deceased

island. the mobile hospital and its services should be used. nearby villages can also speak and benefit from these services. i am at your service. thank you very much, mrs. banjuri, sada vasima news agency reporter . we bid you farewell , dear and respected viewers. dear ms. nematian, mrs. nematian , i am at your service my servant and my colleague mrs. pejman have been given the authority to give a good news that a very good system is going to be launched today in the judiciary and it is going to facilitate transactions and help prevent transactions that are a pain for the people. for more details , mrs. pejman, reporter of the judiciary desk , please give us a greeting. as you mentioned, this system facilitates the trading conditions of individuals , meaning that if they are individuals, it is prohibited whether they are dealings, fugitives, or bankrupts , it informs us that we should not do business with these people, that is, it facilitates the terms of the transaction, which will be followed with the least damage and the least food filing, god willing, that is, people can enter the name of the person in this system in fact, they should enter their

. >> i now recognize the german from rhode island, mr.aziner. >> i have been listening to my republican colleagues and i am struggling to find what high crime the secretary has committed, he has not achieved operational control they say, defined as not a single person crossing the border illegally. no administration has met that standard. i have heard them say that he has failed to detain everyone who is undocumented who has come across the border, no administration has. under the biden administration, secretary mayorkas has removed 3 million undocumented people from this country. when i hear my colleagues say that deportation does not exist , i can think of 3 million people who would disagree with that. he has continued obstruction of a border wall that many of us questioned the effectiveness of and, when the secretary and president were asked, do you think will work, they say no that we are building it because the law requires us to do it. they are following the law. we faced difficult challenges at the southern border. there is no ques

island. for his five minutes. >> you, mr.rman and thank you to the witnesses for having the uragise today. we have real challenges at the border. i have been there and i have seen it and i know the american people are counting on congress to act. too many of my republican colleagues are more focused on playing politics instead of working together to address our problems. the biden administration has requested $14 billion to secure the border. funding that would hire more than 1300 border patrol agents and more than 1000 cbp officers. house republicans have refused to call a vote on this funding for nearly 4 months. they have set on this proposal for nearly 4 months, undercutting their claim that they really care about border security. if you care about it, call a vote. if you don't like all of in a vote on the parts that you do like. and house republicans were liked asked why they won't call a vote on the border one of them said, let me tell you. i am not willing to do too dang much to help the joe biden approval rating. that

island. it's for you, the agent told gerfa. >> the mayor said, mrs. lunsmann, kevin is out! i said, what?it's. kevin a beautiful sound, it's my son. >> kevin was free, but how? >> crazy story of my life, probably. i don't think it was ever going to happen. >> here he is, kevin lunsmann. now in his twenties. and this is his amazing story. which began a moment before the kidnappers took his mom away. when she leaned forward, and whispered in his ear. >> i remember the words exactly she said. you have to get home to your father. you have to get back home. it made me realize that she might be thinking she may not make it tonight. >> she might be taken away to be killed? >> yes. i just wanted to cry. and i didn't, i didn't want to lose her. >> soon after that, they took his cousin away also. >> after he left, i was alone. there was nothing more, it was just me. >> 14 years old, all alone in that dark room in the jungle. when he finally slept, he had a dream. >> we are in a two story house, and i turn to my side, my mother is there, and my cousin is there. all of a sudden, a barrage of bullets

mr. doctor, that this happens. it is natural that if tehran university goes to a place like kish island, it will become an educational institution , a university, a campus. it is natural that another university, now let's assume, for example, your university, this university, the same department, the university departments , our university units, it is natural that a student registers in tehran university. the right to choose is natural and it goes back to the valid concept that we talked about, so this should be clarified here, public universities such as tehran university, shahid beheshti university, sharif university and other universities that i am now. now, based on memory, i won't say their names , they were also sacrificed. how much income do you think they have? is all of this income spent, all of it spent, building construction, etc. but these are going to be sacrificed, and now we have to think about them. thank you for their dedication, mr. ghafurian, and let me tell you my point, mr. doctor the ones you gave as an example , by the way, i think that in the story of the tuition fee payer , their contributio

island. somebody is going to die today. >> steve: meanwhile, mr. penny insists he acted in self-defense.e. and finally, a happy couple going on their honeymoon to jamaica after the husband literally wrapped up a fight for his life. and his wife secretly slipped a note to the flight attendant asking her to make a special announcement that the love of her life, after years of treatment, is finally cancer-free. >> a young man on the flight today named josh was delegated can with stage four cancer in june of 2020. in and out of the hospital for years. he fought for his life and now is cancer free. and on his way to his honeymoon in jamaica. [cheers] >> needless to say, the man was speechless. and that is just fantastic. right, janice dean? >> janice: what an amazing story. i hope he was okay with that announcement. >> steve: i think he was surprised. and the whole plane just burst into applause. >> janice: i love good news stories like that. it's cold outside. back to you. no, i'm kidding. i have always wanted to say that it's cold outside back to you. that's really the story, right? across

. >> i now recognize the german from rhode island, mr. magaziner. >> i have been listening to my republican colleagues and i am struggling to find what high crime the secretary has committed, he has not achieved operational control they say, defined as not a single person crossing the border illegally. no administration has met that standard. i have heard them say that he has failed to detain everyone who is undocumented who has come across the border, no administration has. under the biden administration, secretary mayorkas has removed 3 million undocumented people from this country. when i hear my colleagues say that deportation does not exist , i can think of 3 million people who would disagree with that. he has continued obstruction of a border wall that many of us questioned the effectiveness of and, when the secretary and president were asked, do you think will work, they say no that we are building it because the law requires us to do it. they are following the law. we faced difficult challenges at the southern border. there is no

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mr. goldman's recognized. >> thank you to my friend from rhode island. want to address just one of the due process argument that was talked about. this amendment and the concern on our end the impeachment process. all of those requests and letters for mr. mayorkas to come and testify before that separate and apart from the impeachment process. there is a heightened requirement9 of due process under the impeachment clause as there has been in every single prior impeachment in this body. so when we focus on the due process afforded to mr. mayorkas as a part of this rushed impeachment process you identified one request on january 5th which offered one date for mr. mayorkas to appear. at that a time,+÷ ironically enough, he was meeting with a mexican delegation to try to formulate a better working relationship to secure the border and he was unable to testify. his staff made it very clear to this committee that he was willing to testify on a different date, and they, their letter was very clear and the house republicans the majority of this committee did not

president xi jinping is using military pressure and propaganda sway the island's presidential election in january. mrnterfere in china's presidential election. that was actually from today's "washington post." i'd like to submit that for the record.ye. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: so, mr. president, we are almost certainly facing a volatile and maybe even dangerous period in the taiwan strait because of the chinese communist party. the election is january 13. inauguration won't take place until may. so what we need to do as a country is to provide steady, unwavering resolve and support of taiwan's democracy. and of course we need to continue to critically enhance cross strait deterrence. mr. president, i'll end with one final thing before my colleague from virginia, i know wantst7o say a few words on this important resolution. but this is also a vulnerability for the chi communist party and xi jinping himself. think about it. this undermines this election, all these elections in taiwan undermine the central premise of rule that one dictator knows what's best for 1.4 billion

mr. chair. the gentleman from rhode island. >> thank you, chairman. and thank you representative.i want to speak in favor of the amendment. the legal case for impeachment in this article is incredibly thin and i want everyone to understand this. in article 1, the argument that house republicans are make him is that somehow secretary mayorkas is choosing not to follow the law because a portion of migrants apprehended at the border are not being detained until their cases are heard. but again, there is not enough detention capacity because this congress has not provided that funding for that capacity. stats and numbers don't lie. for fiscal year 2024, congress provided funding for 34,000 beds in detention centers, 34,000. the average daily population in those detention centers is 37,000 people. they are at capacity. so there might be individual examples of certain facilities at certain times that are not at capacity for safety or health reasons or whatever the case may be. but overall across the system we are at and above capacity, and so what should the secretary do? the secretary,

mr xi made the comments during his new year's address, which comes less than two weeks before a general election is held in the self—ruled island also addressed a challenging year for the country's economy, stating it had �*weathered the storm'. police in germany have arrested three people over an alleged plot to carry out a new year's eve attack at cologne cathedral. arrests were made in raids on properties outside cologne. reports say they were islamists planning to use a car in the attack. tight security has been put in place around the cathedral, with around a thousand police on duty. around 300 people die every year from around 300 people die every yearfrom lightning around 300 people die every year from lightning strikes around 300 people die every yearfrom lightning strikes in bangladesh, in comparison to fewer than 20 people annually in the united states. which has almost double the population. lightnings now considered natural disaster in the country alongside cyclones, floods and earthquakes. officials say climate change is leading to an increase in extreme strong is driving up the number of lightning strikes. a day o

mr. igor , one more question, one very short answer, i think it would be, if we were shown a map now, they showed us a map, where is this islandcotra, once it was such a semi -soviet base, there were almost no people there, but there was water and there was a bunker to go there military boats used to come, there, and now he is hiding, you see, this is socotra, this island, there was dew. the soviet naval base, as i say, it was not such a base-base, but you could get fresh water, you could get a bunker, that is, fuel for boats, and what is there now, and the second question, first of all i 'm just yes or no, for the second, is it at all possible or not to get our four sailors who were captured to these settlements, because there is such an impression that since there is a civil war, there are no diplomats there, no one there. there is no, as, as in in principle, to conduct negotiations, so socotra and ukrainian sailors, on socotra, in what condition is this point now, for refueling and observation there, which former soviet one, i do not know, i think that in principle it is now used there by the americans or the british, well,

island and was captured, he, among others, also returned home yesterday. his brother artem katyuzhanskyi is with us live. are you with us, see you. mr. artem, good evening, and i congratulate you on the return of your brother from captivity. good evening, studio, good evening, audience. let's start with whether you can tell how you actually found out that your brother is in polonia, but i already said that he was a snake, i i understand that this happened at the very beginning of the invasion of the russian federation, it was in the first days, even the first hours, when there was a full-scale invasion, my brother was a defender, one of the 80 defenders of zmiiny island, and they held the defense from there at 4-5 in the morning when it started the invasion began until... 16-17 o'clock in the evening, they held the defense until they were taken, taken prisoner, there was a bombardment, there was a bombardment by fighter jets by the cruiser moscow, as you know, there were threats to which our soldiers responded with dignity to the russian warship , and that's all we, well, i communicated with my brother all this time, until somewhere

island is recognized. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. begin by commending chairman brown and ranking member scott for drafting and bringing to the floor the fend off fentanyl a commending chairman brown and ranking member scott, for drafting and bringing to the floor, the f.e.n.d. off fentanyl act. there are 60 of us who supported it. and i tried my best to get it included onal defense authorization act. unfortunately, i believe as senator scott indicated, the republicans in the house objected to it. we have to get it done. i would ask, again, with deford, and the rest of the panel, to comment on why you think this legislation is so critical and how it would be helpful. >> first of all, i think this piece of legislation is extremely helpful, because it is stopping the core of supply. it is stopping the supply chain and doing everything we can to put a kink in that. but equally, i think that any bill bringing attention, i think, the most brilliant thing set up here, is with my friend next to me said, what does it take to make it a crisis?

island is mentioned in the czeslavie fair. and in one of conan doyle's stories, the curried chicken cooked by mrs.of spices also began to be brought to europe, although, of course, simpler ones than in the tropics. zoya shchukina, head of the purchasing department of a russian chain of vegetarian cafes and shops, says that these days it is not easy to find high-quality seasonings. there is no one formula for this spice, so it it will always be different for everyone, that is, it can vary in composition from, again, from five ingredients to twenty ingredients. together with zoya, we evaluated the range of ready-made dry curry mixes from popular brands. we found only spices, others contain cheaper ones, starch, sugar and salt. in principle, curry with starch, salt or sugar can find its buyer, because everything needs to be prepared, everything needs to be tasted. big fan of curry, judoka, bronze medalist at the athens olympics, and now a politician and head of a sports school dmitry nosov, he loves to cook on his social networks and even hosts them. section called "god of the kitchen". i travel a lo

mr. ebbstein's heinous practices. it's been reported, we don't know all the details, that of the $75 million settlement they had in the virgin islands30 million went to charity, don't know which ones. $25 million went to enhanced virgin islands' infrastructure. i'm sure that was all appropriately spent. and $20 million went to attorneys fees. none of it went to the u.s. freshry. we have now have reports of another settlement they are working on with the justice department, we don't know where that went. again, i will bring you back to this graphic i have, 98.6% of all the settlement funds, no one in this chamber, no one in this building, no member of congress knows even where that money went. whatever you are hearing about how great these settlement slushes funds are by the other side, they are only talking about what they think they know of the 1.4%. what they think they know is what they are told because there is no accountability for these funds. unlike federal funds, which congress should be appropriating, where we hold organizations accountable, if you are receiving federal dollars, you have to account for it. when these settle

island. does the white house have any reaction? also, are you concerned about election interference, as the election is a protege -- approaching? mr. kirby: i'm not in a position to confirm reports about balloons over taiwan. i would refer you to officials in taiwan and beijing to speak to that. we obviously support the democracy and the democratic institutions of taiwan. and we want to see free, fair, open, transparent elections there. we're certainly mindful that outside actors could try to interfere. we continue to urge anyone outside taiwan not to interfere in their ability to have a free, fair democratic election. >> happy new year, karine. happy new year, admiral. on a somber note, kfir bibas, the youngest hostage being held captive in gaza, turned one yesterday in captivity. so, kfir, wherever - wherever you are, (speaks hebrew.) happy birthday. we're all praying for you. i have two questions about the recent u.s. intel report that came out regarding the shifa hospital being used as a hamas command and control center. first of all, can you share with us what new information has come to light now that we didn't already know

island. instead voters gave the party he loathes an historic third presidential win. now everybody is waiting to see how china's leader will respond. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. mrwill likely be judged by how well he manages an increasingly aggressive beijing and whether he can avert a major crisis in the region. the chinese communist party has never ruled taiwan, but claims the self—governing island is part of its territory. earlier, our china correspondent laura bicker updated us on china's reaction to the election results. we've just had a statement from the taiwan affairs office which says that the results of these elections in the taiwan region show that the democratic progressive party cannot represent the mainstream public opinion on the island. that's obviously a nod to the result that william lai, the new president of taiwan, new president—elect of taiwan, got 40% of the vote. so they're saying he cannot represent the mainstream public opinion on the island. "taiwan is part of china," obviously reiterating china's belief in that. on that. "these elections cannot change the basic framework "and direction of cross—strait relations." now, the statement is

mr. koch, chairman of koch industries and the champion of anti regulatory causes. joining us now is democratic senator of rhode islandost of the podcast making the case. senator whitehouse, there is no stronger supporter of commercial fishing in the senate than you are. this case seems as though it has a lot more than fishing at stake. >> yeah, there is something fishy about that. these new jersey fishermen are perfectly appealing, i tend to agree with them that the monitors should come off the boats and that technology should replace the human monitors. but that's not with this case is about. the apparatus that wants to undo the american regulatory system has poured into this case, with the lawyers for the petitioners, for the fishermen, working for koch, the koch industries groups, and with this flotilla of phony front groups that al turned up to file amicus briefs in the courts. i spent more than ten pages of my brief going through all the interconnections of these various right-wing funders, with the koch brothers political operation and lay out the case for how behind these nice fisherman is this enormous armada